In trying to think about what the future of the hobby might look like, I'm looking at some of the past products to see what D&D might end up shaping into.
We can infer that certain campaign settings will not be the basis of the future of D&D. Forgotten Realms (unless you use only the Sword Coast) has too many real world parallels with Maztica, Al-Qadim, etc. Mystara is a perfect example of "what not to do" in today's climate. Ravenloft is based on almost entirely real world horror stories and myths, so that's out too. Dark Sun has slavery. Birthright is too Euro-centric/Arthurian.
Maybe Eberron? I don't know enough about it. Is it Wildemount? Is this going to be the default campaign setting?
Really curious what you think.
We can infer that certain campaign settings will not be the basis of the future of D&D. Forgotten Realms (unless you use only the Sword Coast) has too many real world parallels with Maztica, Al-Qadim, etc. Mystara is a perfect example of "what not to do" in today's climate. Ravenloft is based on almost entirely real world horror stories and myths, so that's out too. Dark Sun has slavery. Birthright is too Euro-centric/Arthurian.
Maybe Eberron? I don't know enough about it. Is it Wildemount? Is this going to be the default campaign setting?
Really curious what you think.